Accidents - Hair dryers - Years 1997-2010 - Shoulder

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,015
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2001:	16
Year 2003:	111
Year 2004:	127
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	73
Year 2007:	218
Year 2008:	43
Year 2009:	101
Year 2010:	306

Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	141
26-50 years old:	501
50+ years old:	372

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/12/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
58 YO F DRYING HAIR WITH HAIR DRYER, SUDDEN PAIN IN SHOULDER. DX SHOULD ER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2010	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
49 YOF STRAINED SHOULDER WHEN USING HAIR DRYER TO DRY HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2010	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Hair dryers
45 YOF INJURED SHOUDLER FROM USING HAIR DRYER. DX-RIGHT SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2010	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
39 YOF-L SHOULDER PAIN FOR 3-4 MONTHS-YESTERDAY WAS DRYING HAIR & MOVED L ARM ACROSS BODY & DEVELOPED WORSE PAIN DX L SHOULDER PAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
59YOF HERE ON VACATION WHILE BLOW DRYING HER HAIR WITH A HAND HELD BLOW DRYER DEVELOPED PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER STRAINED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
66 YOM WITH SHOULDER STRAIN AFTER USING A HAIR DRYER TO DRY HIS HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2009	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN.PT WAS USING A BLOW DRYER ON HAIR AND FELT A POP I N SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
35 YOF WAS SITTING IN HAIR SALON, STRUCK ON HEAD BY HAIR DRYER THAT FEL L, PT JERKED SUSTAINING RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
PT AT HOME USING HAIR DRYER, STRAINED L SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
PT WITH SHOULDER PAIN AFTER BLOW DRYING HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
PT WAS BLOW DRYING HER HAIR THIS AM AND LEFT WRIST AND HAND GOT NUMB AN D TINGLING STRAINED SHOULDER AND WRIST POSSIBLE ANGINA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
PT INJ RT SHOULDER WHILE BLOW DRYING SOMEONE'S HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
R SHOULD INJ/64YOF AT HOME CAUGHT FOOT ON CORD OF HAIRDRYER AND FELL IN JURING SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
SHOULDER PAIN USING HAIR DRYER DX. SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
PAIN TO SHOULDER AFTER DRYING HAIR WITH DRYER DX: SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
38 YO F DRYING HAIR W/HAIR DRYER DEVELOPED PAIN IN SHOULDER SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
L UPPER CHEST, NECK & SHOULDER PAIN, STARTED WHILE BLOW DRYING HAIR DX: L TRAPEZIUS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
FELT SPASM WHILE BLOW DRYING HAIR. DX- MUSCLE STRAIN SCAPULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
PT WITH RECENT RIGHT SHOULDER SURGERY WAS BLOW DRYING HER HAIR AND HOLD ING DRYER UP WITH RIGHT ARM STRAINED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hair dryers
RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN. PT WAS USING A HAIR DRYER AND INJURED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
PATIENT WAS BLOW DRYING HER HAIR AND RAISED HER ARM UP AND HEART A POP. DX-LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2001	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hair dryers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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